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Negotiations could resume on Tuesday

Labor negotiations between the NHL and the locked-out players’ association might resume Tuesday
after a four-day break.

The location and the agenda have yet to be determined. The sides held two days of talks last
week in New York without discussing hockey-related revenue — the core economic issue that prevented
the NHL regular season from starting on time.

“Nothing firm. There is a potential for Tuesday,” NHL deputy commissioner
Bill Daly said yesterday in an email to the Associated Press.

The 28-day lockout has already wiped out the entire preseason and games through Oct. 24.

NFL

Bucs cornerback suspended four games

Tampa Bay’s defense was jolted when the NFL suspended cornerback
Aqib Talib four games without pay for violating the league’s policy on
performance-enhancing substances.

The fifth-year pro said in a statement released by the team that he took an Adderall pill
without a prescription “around the beginning of training camp.” He will not appeal the ban, which
begins today against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Talib was the 20th overall pick in the 2008 draft and is one of Tampa Bay’s top defenders with
18 career interceptions.

Elsewhere

Cuban soccer players defect in Canada

Soccer’s governing body said that the three Cuban soccer players who disappeared before a World
Cup qualifier against Canada in Toronto had defected.

FIFA said in an email that the players defected on Thursday, one day before Cuba’s 3-0 loss to
Canada. U.S. Customs and Border Protection would not confirm reports that the men tried to cross
into the United States at the Niagara Falls border point. •
Max McCormick scored the only goal of the third period to give Ohio State (1-1-0)
a 3-2 men’s hockey win over host Minnesota-Duluth (1-1-0).
Tanner Fritz and
Alex Carlson also scored for the Buckeyes, and
Collin Olson made 26 saves. • Syracuse ended its annual Orange Madness men’s
basketball event at the Carrier Dome 30 minutes early after a man was stabbed.

Police said the decision to cut the event short came after there were several fights.